35 Quotes by Zebulon Pike


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    Should I be the happy mortal destined to turn the scale of war, will you not rejoice, O my father?

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    I differ materially from Capt. Lewis, in my account of the numbers, manners, and morals of the Sioux.

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    The Pawnee chief had left the village the day after the doctor arrived, with 50 or 60 horses and many people, and had taken his course to the north of our route.

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    The toute ensemble was such as to make polished society blush, when compared with these savages.

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    A young man who is here speaks the Panis language, and in many other respects, is preferable.

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    I cannot consent to be led three or four hundred leagues out of my route, without its being by force of arms.

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